(urth) Fuligin in illustration

[Jeff Wilson]

Son of Witz wrote:
> You guys are great.
> thanks so much for scanning and hosting the illustration.
> yes i agree its the most faithful thing I've seen for Severian.
> and very well rendered ta boot.
> 
> and yes, I'd LOVE to seen the additional Vass Richard covers.
> 
> this rendering does bring up one other question I've been toying
> with, which is, wouldn't these future ice age folk be sorta hairy.
> Anything I've seen has a sort of modern whiteboy look, ie, not so
> hairy.  I suppose he might look like a manly russian old school dude.
> I mean, he's a wolf and the name Severian is Russian, No?  anyway, I
> don't really think there is much mention of his hair, other than the
> black hairs on the back of his hands and head, and his shaving.  I
> don't think there is anything to say he's not a hairy chested man.

He does complain that he has lost his resistance to cold after wearing a 
shirt since his ascention IIRC, and at one point awakens to find ants 
crawling on his chest. Both would be wonderful times to describe his 
chest hair, if there were any of prominence.

Cutting with the other edge, he is likely the descendant of Exultants 
and their prettified servants, so gene selection for mooky whiteboyhood 
is very likely.

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